In the same vein, the All-Share Index lost 295.53 points or
0.55 per cent to close at 52,979.96 points against 53,275.49 on Thursday.
Hence, the Year-to-Date (YTD) performance of the index
decreased to 24.03 per cent.
The downturn was impacted by losses recorded in large and
medium capitalised stocks, amongst which are; Royal Exchange Assurance, Academy
Press, amongst others.
However, market market closed with 28 gainers relative to 25
losers.
Neimeth Pharmaceuticals dominated the gainers chart in
percentage terms appreciating by 10 per cent to close at N1.76 per share
Conoil Plc came second with 9.88 per cent to close at
N31.15, while McNichols Consolidated Plc rose by 9.79 per cent to close at
N2.13 per share.
Cutix Plc rose by 9.77 per cent to close at N2.92, while NEM
Insurance rose by 9.75 per cent to close at N4.39 per share
Conversely, Learn Africa led the losers chart in percentage
terms losing 10 per cent to close at N2.25 per share
GSPEC Plc trailed with a loss of 9.79 per cent to close at
N3.41 while Academy Press dipped 9.56 per cent to close at N1.23 per share.
Royal Exchange Assurance lost 9.52 per cent to close at
N1.14 while FTNCocoa shed 8.57 per cent to close at 32k per share.
Transactions in the shares of Jaiz Bank topped the activity
chart with 142.36 million shares valued at N126.87 million.
Chi Plc followed with 100.06 million shares worth N60.06
million, while Transcorp traded 21.34 million shares valued at N27.83 million
Abbey Buildings sold 13.88 million shares worth N22.23
million, while United Bank for Africa(UBA) transacted 11.11 million shares
worth N87.99 million.
In all, the total volume of shares declined by 59.01 per
cent with an exchange of 436.58 million
shares valued at N3.22 billion traded in 4,716 deals
This was in contrast with 274.57 million shares worth N8.45
billion traded in 5,184 deals on Thursday -NAN
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